About the Hospital

Did you know that the Jewish General Hospital…

Has one of the busiest Emergency Departments in Montreal, with over 85,000visits per year

is recognized as a Centre of Excellence in oncology (cancer), cardiology, emergency medicine, family medicine and obstetrics-gynecology

has the highest delivery rate among McGill University teaching hospitals, with more than 3,800 babies per year delivered at its Birthing Centre

has been designated by the government as a provincial centre for high-risk obstetrical and neonatal care, treating one of every seven low-birth weight babies born in Quebec, and consistently maintaining the highest survival rate for high-risk newborns in the province

has been designated by the Quebec government as a Breast Referral and Investigation Centre, owing to the large number of women referred from across Quebec and other Canadian provinces for breast cancer detection

Has been designated by the Quebec government as a secondary stroke treatment centre, offering rapid care of the highest quality.

is at the Canadian forefront in the field of robot-assisted surgery, with the most surgeons performing the greatest number of operations in the widest range of medical specialties anywhere in the country

is home to the Lady Davis Institute, which is considered one of Canada's major biomedical research institutions and has earned international recognition in fields such as AIDS, aging, cancer, heart and lung diseases, genetics, epidemiology and public health

is home to the Segal Cancer Centre, Quebec's largest comprehensive facility for cancer treatment and research and the first institution in North America to be accredited as a Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care by the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

Other interesting facts about
the
Jewish General Hospital

It is located in one of Canada's most culturally and ethnically diverse neighbourhoods and cares for patients of many ethnic and religious backgrounds from across Quebec, as well as parts of Eastern Ontario and the Maritimes

It handles almost twice as many patients over the age of 75 as any other hospital in Montreal

It carries out more than
22% of the training for the McGill Faculty of Medicine (with over 800 medical residents based at or rotating through the hospital every year), and trains 650 student nurses per year

It was the first hospital in Montreal to implement the ChartMaxx system – a fully computerized and digitized patient record system – and an extensive wireless infrastructure

It is the only institution in Quebec to offer innovative programs which cater to the special needs of particular groups of cancer patients, such as the Bell Canada Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Program, the Consultation Service for Senior Oncology Patients and the Cancer Nutrition-Rehabilitation Program

It is recognized nationally and internationally as a leader in psychosocial support for cancer patients through its unique volunteer adjunct, Hope & Cope, as well as the JGH Hope & Cope Wellness Centre and the Louise Granofsky Psychosocial Oncology Program

It houses integrated, multidisciplinary services that are unique in Quebec, such as the Cardiovascular Prevention Centre, the Centre for Child Development and Mental Health, the Anna & Louis Goldfarb JGH/McGill Memory Clinic, the Peter Brojde Lung Cancer Centre and the Skin Cancer Centre

It has over 1,000 volunteers who provide approximately 98,000 hours of service per year